Little Richard

I'm keen to put that performance down to a hefty amount of rust, but it was worrying. Trying to focus on the positives here. Positives: For the first time in ages, there was some (if slight) improvement on delivery inside 50. Was very satisfying to see a couple of leads honoured and hit up. Gawn clearly won't let the captaincy affect his personal performance. Petracca is showing strong signs of maturity. Fritsch looks a million times better as a forward, needs to work on his set shot routine. Rivers is already looking like a sensational pick up. Jackson was impressive for me too, continued to present and those contested marks will begin to stick before too long. Hunt's transformation into a dynamic forward looks complete. Negatives Goodwins failure to respond to momentum shifts and changes in the opposition game plan is frightening. He has to learn, fast. McDonald is cooked and it's becoming embarrassing for him and the club. At this point, Brown actually offers more. The problem of multiple forwards going up in the contest continues to endure at the MFC. Smith needs to stay out of the defensive 50 and should be replaced by Lockhart. Melksham was bog average but I'm confident he can return to 2018 form. Can't say the same of the likes of McDonald or Hibberd. All in all I think there are too many unknowns to take a whole lot out of that game.

Don't worry, we'll soon beat that out of him.

I really hope Harmes is still rotated heavily through the middle. Still not happy with him playing down back.

Tough to listen after one of them calls Tom Scully a better kick than anyone in our side.

This is great news. I have good memories of watching the 2018 elimination final against Geelong next to Russel in a London bar... good bloke to have a chat with.

Wiz the deserved winner! Robbo surely deserves an honourable mention too though.

Surely it's not worth the risk for Paddy. I'm no expert but the effects of another concussion for the poor guy would be disastrous.

Too accurate.

Surely Hibberd cannot rank that high after 2018. 2017, maybe. Then there's a Port rookie (Jake Pasini) who has never played a game, with a points rating of 79, higher than Jayden Stephenson (78), Marlion Pickett (72), Rowan Marshall (65) and number one pick Matt Rowell (69). It's a farce, and surely not that hard to get right.

I would love to know more about how they came up with these ranking points ?

This one still brings a smile to my face!

I recommend this show to anyone who'll listen - Babylon Berlin. It's an excellent period piece/crime drama set in Berlin in the 1920's and 30's, with all of the social and political unrest you'd expect. Season 3 just dropped on Netflix, it's in German but there's an English dub (which is terrible, subtitles are much better IMO).

Not well known and requires a bit of Harry Potter knowledge but I've heard 'Gilderoy' for Jay Lockhart.

Good luck mate. Those Dreamliners are something else, best planes going round.

Great idea, especially as it's an opportunity for some of the younger guys on here to see or hear about some classics from back in the day. Nothing like a good first hand account!

So pumped to see Kozzy and Fritsch running amok.

Just joined the Robbie Flower league, team name is DemocracyManifest

Devastating for Aaron and I'm so disappointed we won't see him for a while... again. Unfortunately this could be it for him, because I'd bet this injury will drag out for much longer than 3 months.

I thought I read somewhere last week that the AFL are prepared to dip into an emergency fund to prop up clubs and pay players where required?

Maybe she was just a very good wrestler?

Yep, it can take time to learn and adapt to the ups and downs, as with any high pressure job. Look at Hardwick, and how long it took him to get a handle on it - with extremely positive results!

Exactly what he's built for. I think we'll see him play with more freedom as VC and I can't wait to see him tear it up in another finals series.

Great shots mate, he's clearly got a lot of talent!

Add Lehmann to that too, who in my opinion got away with murder.